Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of "The Sun Also Rises "and "A Farewell to Arms "immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. As part of the expatriate community in 1920s Paris, the former journalist and World War I ambulance driver began a career that led to international fame. Hemingway was an aficionado of bullfighting and big-game hunting, and his main...See more

Ernest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of "The Sun Also Rises "and "A Farewell to Arms "immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. As part of the expatriate community in 1920s Paris, the former journalist and World War I ambulance driver began a career that led to international fame. Hemingway was an aficionado of bullfighting and big-game hunting, and his main protagonists were always men and women of courage and conviction who suffered unseen scars, both physical and emotional. He covered the Spanish Civil War, portraying it in the novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls, "and he also covered World War II. His classic novella "The Old Man and the Sea "won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He died in 1961. See less

Personality Profile For Ernest Hemingway

The following is a personality profile of Ernest Hemingway based on his work.

Ernest Hemingway is boisterous.

He is intermittent, he has a hard time sticking with difficult tasks for a long period of time. He is unconcerned with art as well: he is less concerned with artistic or creative activities than most people who participated in our surveys. But, Ernest Hemingway is also content: he is content with his level of accomplishment and does not feel the need to set ambitious goals.

More than most people, his choices are driven by a desire for discovery.

He is also relatively unconcerned with tradition: he cares more about making his own path than following what others have done. Considers independence to guide a large part of what he does: he likes to set his own goals to decide how to best achieve them.

Ernest Hemingway book reviews

The Nick Adams Stories

Better posthumous compilation

Worth buying in paperback for the evocative cover art and the few previously unpublished fragments of stories set in upper Michigan. Other included stories are widely available elsewhere but not ... Read More

The Old Man and the Sea

Thanks

Hemingway on Hunting

revealing to say the least

I was stunned at the calloused, arrogant way in which Hemingway described his hunt and victims.
I say that because, I also, as a hunter, never, never killed anything just for the sake of killing, or ... Read More

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